Free tool

Free touchscreen video kiosk for museums and visitor centers

Add your videos and this page turns any tablet or touchscreen into a kiosk. Visitors tap a button to play a video, and when it ends the screen goes back to the menu on its own. There are no browser bars, no menus and nothing for visitors to wander off into.

  • Free, with no sign up. It runs right here in your browser. Nothing to install.
  • Your videos stay on your device. They are never uploaded, not even to us.
  • Keeps running if the Wi-Fi drops. Once it loads, it doesn't need internet.
  • Fits any screen, sideways or upright. On a vertical screen or a tablet stood on end, it rearranges itself into easy rows.
Set up your kiosk

Touch a button to play

Free kiosk by alchemainteractive.com

Add a video and its button shows up here.

Tap a button to watch how it works. Add your videos and they take their place.

Where people use it

Set up your kiosk

Everything saves in this browser as you go. Come back to this page on the same device and your kiosk is still here.

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    No videos yet, so the kiosk is showing our how-to videos. Add your own from this device and they replace them.

    Look
    Button color
    Sound
    Let visitors mute the sound
    Let visitors change the volume

    iPads and iPhones only let their own buttons change the volume, so the slider doesn't appear there. The mute button works everywhere.

    It fills the screen. To leave it, hold the top left corner for three seconds, or press Esc on a keyboard.

    Chris Yates

    Why I built this

    Last year at Easter, our church needed a way for people to watch some videos. We ended up setting up three stations, each with a smart TV and a USB stick. Even then, every time a video finished, somebody had to start it again by hand, and we had to write out instructions so the older folks could get them going. It was a nightmare.

    This is the tool I wish we'd had. Put your videos on a tablet or a touchscreen, and people tap the one they want. When it ends, the screen goes back to the menu on its own, ready for the next person. No remotes, no USB sticks, no instructions to write.

    Chris Yates, Alchema Interactive

    The free kiosk plays your videos. A custom one tells your story.

    This tool is the simple version, and it does that one job well. When the screen is part of an exhibit or a booth people will remember, it should be designed around your subject, your look and the people walking past it.

    Free kioskA menu of buttons, your videos, three looks to pick from.
    Built for youFrom the studio: PARISITES, an interactive Paris, Texas you walk through.
    Interactive Exhibit For museums, visitor centers and learning spaces Two quick questions, then a real price Start an exhibit project Trade Show Kiosk For a screen at your booth or in your showroom Two quick questions, then a real price Start a kiosk project

    You supply the tablet or touchscreen. What you are buying is the experience that runs on it.

    How to put it on a touchscreen

    iPad

    1. Open this page in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.
    2. Open it from the home screen and set up your kiosk there. An iPad keeps a home screen app's files separate from Safari's, so set it up in the one you'll run. After that, it opens straight into your kiosk with no Safari bars.
    3. In Settings, go to Accessibility, then Guided Access. Turn it on and set a passcode.
    4. Open the kiosk from the home screen, triple click the top button (or the Home button), and tap Start. Visitors can't leave it now.
    5. In Settings, under Display and Brightness, set Auto-Lock to Never.

    Windows touchscreen

    1. Open this page in Google Chrome and set up your kiosk.
    2. Right click the desktop, choose New, then Shortcut.
    3. For the location, paste the line below, then name the shortcut Kiosk.
    "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --kiosk https://alchemainteractive.com/tools/video-kiosk/?run=1

    Double click the shortcut and the kiosk opens full screen with no way out but Alt+F4. Put it in the Startup folder to open it when the computer turns on.

    Android tablet

    1. Open this page in Chrome and set up your kiosk.
    2. From Chrome's menu, choose Add to Home screen.
    3. Turn on app pinning in Settings (it's under Security on most tablets, and the name varies by brand).
    4. Open the kiosk, then pin it from the recent apps screen.

    Any screen with a modern web browser works. For a museum floor, a tablet in a locking stand or a touchscreen monitor with a small PC behind it is the usual setup.

    Questions people ask

    Can visitors get out of the kiosk?

    The kiosk has no browser buttons, menus or links for visitors to tap. To lock the device itself, use its own lock: Guided Access on an iPad, a kiosk shortcut on Windows, or app pinning on Android. The steps are above. Staff leave the kiosk by holding the top left corner for three seconds.

    Does it need Wi-Fi?

    Only to open the page. Once it has loaded, it keeps running without internet, and your videos are saved in the browser on that device.

    Are my videos uploaded anywhere?

    No. Your videos stay on your device, saved in this browser. Nobody else can see them, including us. Clearing the browser's website data removes them.

    What kind of video files work?

    MP4 files play on every device. MOV files from an iPhone play in Safari on an iPad or Mac but may not play on Windows, so export them as MP4 if a video won't load.

    Does it work on a vertical screen?

    Yes. On a screen turned upright, like a portrait monitor in a lobby or a tablet in a floor stand, the buttons become wide rows with the picture on the left and the label on the right. Sideways screens get a grid. It picks the right one on its own, and switches if the screen is turned.

    Can visitors turn the sound down?

    If you want them to. In setup you choose whether videos play with sound or silently, whether visitors get a mute button, and whether they get a volume slider. iPads and iPhones only let their own buttons change the volume, so the slider doesn't show on them, but the mute button works everywhere. With Guided Access on an iPad you can also turn off the volume buttons.

    How many videos can it hold?

    Up to eight. Each one gets its own button with a picture from the video and a label you write. Very long or very large videos may not fit in the browser's storage on some devices; the page tells you if that happens.

    Is it really free?

    Yes. There is no account and nothing to install. A small credit line sits in the corner of the menu.

    Can I have a kiosk designed for my exhibit or brand?

    Yes. That's what Alchema Interactive does: custom touchscreen exhibits and trade show kiosks built around your subject, your look and your visitors.

    Open this in your browser

    The kiosk needs a full browser to fill the screen and save your videos. Open this page in Safari or Chrome.

    alchemainteractive.com/tools/video-kiosk